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About The Hood River news. (Hood River, Or.) 1909-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 7, 1912)
G THE HOOD RIVER NEWS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1912 c halmers MOTOR CARS c-feH Is? T WAGONS of every Description John Deere Cultivators and Orchard Tools Stlldebaker Harness At Surprisingly Low Prices John Deere and Syracuse PLOWS (yj bert run Tn Jr JUICE TURNED ON BY HYDROCOMPANY Word wua received about five o'clock Thursday afternoon that the Injunction ren training the Hydro Electric Company from turning on Its electric current had teen liol veil. A few minutes after receiving the new the company juli-e. The firnt tw o places downtown to lx lighted liy the new company were It office on Oak ctieet and I'alley and CoIIij'h place of luilneH. Tlie following day a numtier of ImxIneHM houne which had contracted for ner vlce from the new company were con nected up. Several hunlne place on the Height had alnii ln-en hooked Up and were lighted ly the Hydro Company for the firxt time day. N ('. E van,preildeut :f the Electric Company, arrived Cortland ou the late train 'I'hurday evening nud a uumlier of employe and friend met film at the station find Kave him an ovation. DID OVER QUARTER MILLION BUSINESS Flu tire printed In nnother column howlnu the total amount of luinl ne done In l'.Ml hy W.S.Nichol ,the real etate man, can lie very readily taken to "point a moral and a tale," turned on It I "i"ral 1 ! 11 that the real nutate tiuine In Hood liiver lat yeir e peclally when compared with other ectlon wa little hort of phenome nal . Mr Nichol' fiirure Hpeak for them wive. He made eighteen Hale and i the total amount Involved wa SJ'iJ- I '.." Themallet trannctloti Involv- ed S'KM) and the lament l.".iHK). One feature of the tratmatlon i- that the liuyer,nlmoft wit hout except ion, liounht a bona fide Inventor and not for peculatlve purpose. I.ooklni; over the year jnt pat, Mr. Nlchol ay that Hood klver ha proved that he ha the Hood when It come to lilih cla orchard prop ertle and that t here I al way hound to be a demand for good "dirt." With the brlhtet polhl pro For Sale A fine lot of hay in the 1 pect for a bumper apple crop thl Mt. Hood district. Near Mt. Hood i year, Mr.M hoi ay that 1'JlJ I ure Post Office. Phone, Odell 38 or ! to pell pronperity In bt letter for 2002-x. Hood Klver. Th urn Hydro from Sore Throat? Feel Shivery? Then You Arc Taking Cold. This is the kind of weather for such disagreeable conditions BREAK IT UP One of Our K. C. Cold Tablets Taken every three hours for a day will do the work quickly and well Keir 8c Cass Fc liable Vraggfjts SMITH BLOCK HOOD RIVER CITIZENS ARE NOW DIGGINGJP TAXES iuite a number of Hood Klver tax payer are encumbered with ho much looe change, which they have been carrying around In their jean, that they could hardly wait for Sheriff Johnnon to open up hi tax book and Mtart collecting on the firt of the month T. A. fiarbade of Port land carried off (irt honor In thl regard, a he anticipated the oppor tunity by neudlng hi money from that city In time to head the ltt of atlluent taxpayer. County Clerk Hanon wa a clone econd. Other who have iuali!ied for honorable mention Include the following: A. C. Iluck, Henry Steed, S, W. Heppner, Fred Schaer, E. M. I'.entley, 15 F. (iray, S. F. Eby, X, O. Hilling, New ton Clark, J. M. Chltty, Al. White head and .fame M. I'looni. The sheriff' notice read n fol low: If yon pay your taxe In full on or before March l.", 1012, you will be allowed a rebate of '! per cent. If at l-at one-half of your taxe are not paid Iwfore April lt, they will become delinquent, and 10 per cent wnalty and luterent at the rate of V2 per cent per annum will te added. If you pay half of your taxe on or be fore the firt Monday In April, the lat half may run up to and Includ ing the firwt Monday In October without penalty or IntereMt. $5,000 To Loan $.",(MK to loan on firt rlan oecur Ity. Mut be Improved orchard land. Keed & llendermm, Inc. 2-tf tCf. SUMNER I Opposite the Post Office Horn I'hone 20 Spray and rintnn IIaoa Plumbing SAYS APPLE CROP WILLJEJUGE ONE All record for the production of npple In the Xorthwet will be broken till year, report Frank W. Koblnon, general freight agent ol the O.-W. K. & N. Company, who ha returned from a tour of the Yak ima ami Walla Walla Valley ami the territory tributary to the mainline of the road between Portland and the eantern border of the Htate. "The fruit Hituation throughout the Northwent I the leHt that It ha been for year," nald Mr. KohiuHon. "The recent Know wa a decided ad vantage to the npple orchard. It melted gradually and thoroughly penetrated the earth. The tree got the full benefit of It. Coimervntlve fruit grower every where predict thl to be a banner year In the Xorth- wet. "In addition to the lncreaeil pro. ductlon from the exltlng orchnrd, the acreage of tree that will come Into bearing thl year w 111 add heavl ly to the regular output. "Eat year wa an off year. In hour- place the production wa Ichm than 20 per cent of the normal. It will be neceary to go back to 1110 to make comparlHon. The yield thl year will average "5 per cent heavier than It dlil then. In Home place It will be 100 per cent heavier. "In the North Vakltnadltrlct they expect to whip S.VM) carload of apple. Thl I virtually twice a many a were shipped In KtlO. Eat year, on account of the nhort crop, they hlp- ped only car. "Walla Walla will harveta record crop of It UHiial grade of excellent fruit. The Italic will Mend out more thl year than ever before. The many enterprlHlng town In the Yak ima Valley will lncreae their pro duction enormouHly. "1 look for an npple output from the territory nerved by our line that will I fully percent heavier than that of loio." Sedentary habit, lack of outdoor exerclne, IliHtllllcletlt matlcntlon of food, coiiHttpallon, a torpid llvir, worry ami anxiety, are the mot common caue of tomach trouble. Correct your habit and take ( ham ttcrlaln' Stomach and Elver Tablet ati'l you will Noon lie well again. For Hale by all dealer. When In need of printing reineinlM-r the New. ' LABORERS WIN IN THE HIGHER COURT PICKERS Stilt brought by twenty-five (ireek laborer to recover their wage for clearing land for (leorge W. McCoy were dlmlHed the lnt of the week by the hupretue court becaue appel lant McCoy failed to file hi tran crlpt within the time allowed bylaw. Thee were the cnc where (J. W. Mc Coy reprewented to the (ireek at the office of an employment agency In Portland that they each nlgna paper oj payroll ho that he would know how many workmen lie would have and pay one dollar to the employ ment office and get the Job of clear lug the land. The (ireek lgued the paper and each paid one dollar and went no work clearing land for Mc Coy. After they had worked tweuty day McCoy refued to fiirnUh them provllon. They were unable to work any longer and came to Hood Klver and filed lien on the land, then brought ult to foreclone the lien. A a defene to the action McCoy brought In the paper which the (ireek had Hlgned. Thee proved to lie contract providing among other thing that the (ireek hail to each work ,'tO day before he had a payday and If they quit before :)0 day were up they forfeited what they had al ready earned a liquidated damage The ee were tried liefore Judge Ilradhaw who decided In favor of the laborer. From hi declHlon Mc Coy appealed the case to the Su preme Court whereS. W. Stark, attor ney for the (ireek. moved to dlml the appeal on the ground that the traiiHcrlpt had not been filed within the time allowed by law. Thl mo tion wa HUHtalued by the Supreme Court and the appeal dlmled. Thl put nn end to the litigation and the laborer will now receive their wage. Kent & Garrabrant Confectionery, Cigars Fishing Tackle Spaulding's Sporting Goods All Kinds of Soft Drinks ' Oak Btratt, oppaalu Smith Block, Hood Rler. WE FURNISH FRUIT AND PACKERS And All Kinds of Employees... NIGUMA & CO. Phone 160 H l ast Oak Street Hood Klver, Or. Send For This Seed Aruivnl-Free 1-iHy trfrfc art t-4rd f or purity uxl ferfniphon. No twk are parked Y uuir.lw thrr two quLlti ti ow th vry h tf! HI ftaocWd. Out fully quipped Laboratory ondei lh director) of an-st-ft and nprt td tHV iratnvei aU tm work. V henhuyiiif Lilly 'tMerW, you buy irorard crops. Seod rot cauluc. The CW H. UHy Co.. SnU s. e:. bartmess Funeral Director and Practical Embalmer F-STAItLISIIBI) 18 YKARS MOOD RIVER, OREGON n!J LLLJ.Ia'.I J.I AU.U.IAIJ.IAIAI J.! jlJ.I J.I J.U.I.i.I.t. tj.i.i.i jj F. B. SNYDER B. B. POWtLL Hood River Plumbing Company Phono eex Sanitary Plumbing and Heating. Tinning and Sheet Metal Work. Repairing Promptly Attended. ESTIMATES FURNISHED CASCADE AVENUE V1fTTTTrTTyrTTTTTT'TirTrTTTil fTTTTTTTTTTTTf PURDY & CHAPMAN Complete Lines of General Merchandise Feed and Grain Prompt and courteous treatment ODELL, ORLGON II. II. HADLOCK Phone 32G-M OfRce 45-L c;ko. h. steinhokf Thone 59-M HADLOCK & STEINHOFF Real Estate and Fire Insurance Improved and Unimproved Orchard Lands LIST YOUR RANCHES WITH US FOR SPRING SALES DO IT NOW f 2nd and Cascade Ave., Opp. Hotel Oregon, Hood Klver, Oregon